Lately there have been complaints that the use of the magnitude scale is confusing, or at least the reporting of magnitudes in the newspapers 'confuses the public.

No joy in nature is so sublimely affecting as the joy of a mother at the good fortune of a child.

Spring makes everything young again except man.

If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.

Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.

In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.

it is good to have measured myself, to recognize my limitations.